Document Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
2016
Publication Title
Proceedings of the 2016 COMSOL Conference in Boston
Pages
7 pp.
Conference Name
COMSOL Conference in Boston, October 5-7, 2016, Boston, Massachusetts
Abstract
A simulated study of oil and water in 90 degree bend was carried on COMSOL 5.1 to characterize flow pattern and analyze the secondary flow. The Euler-Euler k-e Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes model was used to represent the fluid motion. Changes in the Reynolds number, curvature ratio and direction of gravity were made to evaluate the effects in the intensity of the secondary flow. In the end, it was possible to see that the bend direction does not affect the formation of secondary flow for Reynolds above 100,000. It appears that the fluid behavior on the pipe bend is strongly related to gravitational and centrifugal force ratio.
Rights
© 2016 The Authors.
Included with the kind written permission of the copyright holders, with gratitude to COMSOL, Inc.
Original Publication Citation
Ayala, M., Santos, P., Hamester, G., & Ayala, O. (2016) Secondary flow of liquid-liquid two-phase fluids in a pipe bend [Conference Paper]. COMSOL Conference in Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. https://www.comsol.com/paper/secondary-flow-of-liquid-liquid-two-phase-fluids-in-a-pipe-bend-40742
ORCID
0000-0003-0604-8606 (Ayala)
Repository Citation
Ayala, M.; Santos, P.; Hamester, G.; and Ayala, O., "Secondary Flow of Liquid-Liquid Two-Phase Fluids in a Pipe Bend" (2016). Engineering Technology Faculty Publications. 207.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/engtech_fac_pubs/207
Abstract
Ayala-2016-SecondaryFlowPoster.pdf (1353 kB)
Poster
Ayala-2016-SecondaryFlowPresentation.pdf (2400 kB)
Presentation
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